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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      22 September 2009
      19 February 2004
      ISBN:
      9780511493430
      9780521828130
      9780521030632
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511493430
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.702kg, 344 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.517kg, 344 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Economics, Labour Economics, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Management
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    Subjects:
    Economics, Labour Economics, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Management
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    As self-employment and entrepreneurship become increasingly important in our modern economies, Simon C. Parker provides a timely, definitive and comprehensive overview of the field. In this book he brings together and assesses the large and disparate literature on these subjects and provides an up-to-date overview of new research findings. Key issues addressed include: the impact of ability, risk, personal characteristics and the macroeconomy on entrepreneurship; issues involved in raising finance for entrepreneurial ventures, with an emphasis on the market failures that can arise as a consequence of asymmetric information; the job creation performance of the self-employed; the growth, innovation and exit behaviour of new ventures and small firms; and the appropriate role for governments interested in promoting self-employment and entrepreneurship. This book will serve as an essential reference guide to researchers, students and teachers of entrepreneurship in economics, business and management and other related disciplines.

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